Christmas Eve

A beautiful afternoon on the ice at the Cambridge Skating Club.

Spooky

Some pics from Halloween: the little mermaid, mother-daughter Carnaby Street skeletons (?), and Frank N. Stein. The weather was nice and mild. The Halloweens I remember as a kid were freezing cold -- always had to wear a coat over your costume!

Les pommes

I have never seen the trees like this -- so loaded with apples -- must have been that rainy summer. The cousins joined us, chattering monkeys in the branches eating all the fruit.

Jump

Instructions for fun day with cousins at Jerusalem Beach, RI: Jump into water. Climb back on dock. Repeat 1000 times.

Lowlight

A summer evening in our back garden.

Swing out sister

Thank you Grampy for the new swing at the lake!

Wheeee!

At the carnival in Gloucester, MA. Step-right-up, tilt-a-whirl, carousel round-and-round, roller coaster up-n-down, pop-the-balloon and win-a-prize.

Baby beluga

Heaven above and the sea below and a little white whale on the go...
-Raffi

Four girls

maggie and milly and molly and may went down to the beach (to play one day)

and maggie discovered a shell that sang so sweetly she couldn’t remember her troubles

and milly befriended a stranded star whose rays five languid fingers were

and molly was chased by a horrible thing which raced sideways while blowing bubbles

and may came home with a smooth round stone as small as a world and as large as alone

for whatever we lose (like a you or a me) it’s always ourselves we find in the sea.

-ee cummings

Berry sweet

Strawberry season. We picked and ate and made shortcake.

By the sea

We spent last week on the Rhode Island seashore. A week at the beach is good for the soul.

Round town

Good day. Sunshine.

Round the garden

Last week was rainy and gloomy. Not so good for the humans, but our plants couldn't be happier.

Maypole

Ribbons, pearl and purple, dangle from the maypole down to the pale hands of children, who pull them, giggling.
-Andrew Hudgins

NYC

Scenes to and from New York...

Flatscreen schmatscreen

We spent last weekend in New York City. We stayed at the Excelsior Hotel, which is a nice hotel in a great location -- but we had this lovely item for our viewing pleasure. If only I brought my VHS tapes!

Bye bye bees

When Anna was a baby, my mother decorated the nursery walls with this bumblebee stamp. Now, Anna has moved upstairs to a room with bunk beds, her baby room is becoming my office, and we're painting over the bees. We left one in a secret spot so I can look at it forlornly and remember my big girl's baby days. Sniff!